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The instructions contained here refer to Installation of Koha on clean Debian. This information was created in a hurry, in case of doubts always consult.

Installation

Overview:
Key steps and Issues
BENSON MUGAMBI
Shalom Research & Documentation Center –
SHAREDOChttp://www.shalominstitute.org/sharedoc.phphttp://www.koinoniakenya.org
October 3/4, 2008
KKS
Introduction
• Open Source software, including Koha are not
regarded “easy” to install.
• Koha is regarded as the most difficult to
Install…
Always Remember …
• Choosing open-source software is not
buying a pig in a poke
• No license cost but still some IT budget
(server), A librarian with good computer
literacy can install PMB but an ICT will
be required for others
• Time and obstinacy, have to find
workaround to solve some problems
• Commercial firms sell services for Open-
source ILS
Begin with the end in mind …Now to the Installation…..Overview of the Installation
• Pre-requisites
– Web server (apache_2.0.63)
– Database server (mysql-4.0.18 / mysql-
4.1.22 /MySQL 5)
– Scripting Language (ActivePerl-5.8.8.822)
• KOHA:
– 3.00.00 (ALPHA)
• Accessing Koha
– OPAC
– INTRANET
• Post-installation Configurations &
Troubleshooting
• Back-up and security
Building Blocks
HARDWARE & SOFTWARE
Networked Environment, LAN and
1 Internet
A Good Computer or Server Machine
2 Min. requirements usually determined
By the expected min no. of connected
clients
An Operating system – Linux (Open Su
3 Ubuntu, Debian, Mandrake, Redhat e.
KOHA, ITS DEPENDENCIES & YOU!
Comfort at the command-line is
Extremely important
4
Choosing the O.S : operating System
Market Share
• IDC figures for OS on new server
shipments 3Q 2007:
• Windows Server: 67.1%
• Linux: 22.8%
– Slight gain for Windows/loss for Linux over
previous quarter
NB: KOHA was originally meant to run on Linux,
and some modules are not completely ported
into windows yet !
INSTALLING DEBIAN FROM SCRATCH
• Installing DFS enables you to really
understand how the linux installation
process works and allows you to control
what is installed where in the new
system. This level of control makes it
really suited for servers because there is
no unwanted service installed on the
system which makes it easier to harden
the system.
• GO to http://linux.suramya.com/tutorials/Install_DFS/
INSTALLING DEBIAN FROM SCRATCH CT’D.
• Download Debian Image fromhttp://debian.org
• ISO image for the i386 platform or a 338
MB ISO image for the Alpha platform and
burn CD.
• Find out the details on all the hardware
installed on the system (video card,
Network card, USB devices (Keyboard,
mouse etc)
• Details on your monitor including the
scan rate and the max screen resolution
supported etc.
INSTALLING DEBIAN FROM SCRATCH CT’D.
• Get basic information on your network
setup – find out what your Gateway IP,
Subnet mask and DNS server IP’s are
• If you have an existing linux server on
the same network you can get this
information from the /etc/resolv.conf file
and the /etc/network/interfaces file.
• decide what mirror we will be using to
download packages from when we use
apt-get to install new software (You can
copy the /etc/apt/sources.list file from an
existing debian installation)
Starting the DFS install
• Insert the CD you created from the ISO
image in your CD-ROM and tell your
computer to boot from it. If your
computer doesn’t boot from the CD-ROM
when your restart it
• choose the kernel you want to use in the
new system.
Grub Boot screen for DFS DFS install
• You will be prompted for a username,
enter ‘root’ (Without the quotes) as the
username and press enter, if you are
prompted for a password just hit enter.
DFS install
• Perform a general hardware detection by
running the following command: invoke-
rc.d discover start
• Run the following command to detect the
USB devices present on the system:
invoke-rc.d hotplug start
• Enable Ethernet (Use this cmd for DHCP)
: ifup eth0
• If you are not using a DHCP server or are
planning to give the new system a static IP you
need to edit the /etc/networking/interfaces file
and add the following lines to it:
Enable Ethernet
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.4
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
• Replace the IP’s in the above example with the
correct values for your network
• Edit the /etc/resolv.conf file and add the
following line to it:
nameserver 192.168.0.1
• save the changes and activate the network by
running the following command:
ifup eth0
• Run /sbin/ifconfig to make sure that the network
card came up properly.
Partitioning, formating and
mounting the hard drive
• DFS includes both fdisk and cfdisk for
this process. cfdisk is a lot simpler than
fdisk so we will be using it to partition
the drive. Run this cmd:
cfdisk /dev/hdx
• Where /dev/hdx is the drive you are
parititioning. So if you are partitioning
hda (The master drive on IDE0) we would
run the following command:
cfdisk /dev/hda
cfdisk user interfaceCreate your partitions using cfdisk
• At a minimum a swap and a ‘/’ (Root)
partitions are required. Format the /
partition to ext3 (or ext2) using the
following command (Where /dev/hda2 is
your root partition. Replace this with the
appropriate device id for your system):
mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda2
• once the partition is formated we mount
it for read-write access by issuing the
following command:
mount /dev/hda2 /mnt
Initialize Partitions
• Next we need to initialize the swap
partition by issuing the following
command (Where /dev/hda1 is your swap
partition):
mkswap -f /dev/hda1
• and mount the swap partition using:
swapon /dev/hda1
If you don’t get any errors, proceed to the
next step of the install.
Install the basic system
• Install a very basic Debian install by
issuing the following command:
cdebootstrap sid /mnt file:///opt/packages
• This command install’s Debian sid in the /mnt
directory without using any package tools like
apt or dpkg. This step will take some time so you
might want to go read a book while it finishes.
Configure DFS
• Copy the /etc/resolv.conf to /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
• and /etc/network/interfaces to
/mnt/etc/network/interfaces .
• Edit the /mnt/etc/apt/sources.list and add some
Debian mirror addresses to it. These mirror
locations will be used to download
packages we will be needing later in the
guide. A complete list of Debian mirror’s is
available at:http://www.debian.org/mirror/list
Configure DFS
• The kernel on the DFS cd is a good one
to start off with so we will install it on our
new system by issuing the following
commands:
cd /mnt/root
dpkg-repack kernel-image-2.6.11
• This creates a kernel-image-
2.6.11_dfs.1.0_i386.deb file in the
/mnt/root directory. Now we chroot to the
new install by issuing the following
command: chroot /mnt
Install new kernel
• We can install our new kernel by issuing
the following command:
dpkg -i root/kernel-image-2.6.11_dfs.1.0_i386.deb
• Run the following command to start the
network card and get an IP:
ifup eth0
• If you are trying to get a DHCP address
you might get an error message
complaining that /proc/net/dev doesn’t
exit. If thats the case then create the
directory by running the following
commands:mkdir /proc/net/ mkdir /proc/net/dev
Create a /etc/fstab file
• /etc/fstab tells the kernel what partitions
to mount and what locations they should
be mounted at.
You should modify the above example to point to the
correct partitions for your install.
Install Essential Packages
• Get a list of the latest packages available
from the debian mirrors listed in
/etc/apt/sources.list. by running the cmd
apt-get update
• The first package we need to install is
makedev which creates device files in
/dev. The following command will install
makedev on our system:
apt-get install makedev
• install procps which installs the /proc file
system utilities by issuing the following
cmd: apt-get install procps
Install and Configure Grub
• apt-get install module-init-tools grub
• mkdir /boot/grub
• cp /lib/grub/i386-pc/* /boot/grub/ -R
• # Start the GRUB command line interface by
issuing the following command: grub
• # Tell GRUB where the root of our install is
located by running the following command
(This command tells GRUB that the root
partition is on the 2nd partition on the 1st
harddisk (hda2)): root (hd0,1)
• # Install the bootloader to the MBR (Master
Boot Record) by running the following
command: setup (hd0)
• quit update-grub
Edit the menu
• List file to make sure it points to the
correct kernel and partition. If any of
these locations are invalid the system
will halt with a kernel panic when re-
booted.
Complete Installation
• Now all we need to do is exit from the
chroot environment and reboot the
system. We do it by typing: exit
• At the command prompt followed by:
reboot
• Once the system reboots you should
remove the DFS disk and boot into the
new system. Keep in mind that this is a
very minimal install so you will need to
install a lot of packages. I suggest
installing openssh to allow you to access
the system remotely.
Do not forget…
• Change the root password on the new
system from the default value of blank to
something more secure.
YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL
INSTALLATION GUIDE ONhttp://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/
…NOW TO THE DEPENDENCIES
• So far so good.
• With our Debian
OS now working
we begin setting
the right
platform for
Koha.
Web server
APACHE
Apache is considered as the
Biggest web server today.
At-least 80% of all web
content
Today runs on Apache, and
this
Number is increasing each
day, every hour
Web Server deployment
Source: Netcraft http://www.netcraft.com
How do you Install Apache?
• Just run this command:
apt-get install apache2 apache2-doc apache2-
mpm-prefork apache2-utils libexpat1 ssl-cert
• And that is all, you have Apache2 up and
running!
• Install openssl using the following
command:
#apt-get install openssl ssl-cert
Install PHP5 support for apache2
• #apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 php5-cli
php5-common php5-cgi
• Once you install apache server you need
to Generate a certificate,Enable Apache
SSL support and Configure your SSL
options.
• you need to use openssl from you
command prompt Use the following
command to generate certificates
• #openssl req $@ -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes
-out /etc/apache2/apache.pem -keyout
/etc/apache2/apache.pem
More on configuring ssl go to:
• http://www.debianadmin.com/install-and-
configure-apache2-with-php5-and-ssl-
support-in-debian-etch.html
Encoding and Character Sets
• Be sure to have these lines in your
http.conf:
AddCharset UTF-8 .utf8
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
• We will have to configure Apache for
Koha later, but for now you should know
that Apache’s configuration files are kept
in /etc/apache/httpd.conf and Apache’s
log files are in /var/log/apache.
• Next we shall Install the Koha Database:
MySQL
MySQL
• MySQL is named after co-founder Monty
Widenius’s daughter, My. And it uses
Structured Query Language
• SQL is pronounced both “See-Kwel” and
“Ess-Kyoo-El”
# apt-get install mysql-server-4.1 or
# apt-get install mysql-server-5.0
• Then Set initial password
# mysqladmin password [password]
Server Configuration
• MySQL Version 4.1 is absolute minimum
if you want to handle encoding correctly
• Make sure you have the following in the
[mysqld] section of your my.cnf:
init-connect = ‘SET NAMES utf8’
character-set-server=utf8
collation-server=utf8_general_ci
character_set_client=utf8
• Connect to mysql as the (non-root) user
and type:
show variables;
Check to make sure the following
are set to utf8:
Preparing for CPAN & Perl
•Make sure that you proxy except the Koha
server while using CPAN.
•Install SSH server to allow remote login:
•# apt-get install ssh
•Download and configure Perl for your
system. You can safely answer any questions
the packaging system asks with the default
answers # apt-get install perl
Getting ready for MCPAN
• Remaining Perl modules are not available via Debian’s
packaging system. But on the Perl network CPAN.
• But before we can install these modules we need to
install their dependencies which are outside of Perl.
# apt-get install unzip make lynx wget ncftp ftp less gcc
• Install ntpdate using apt-get:
# apt-get install ntpdate
• Or syncronize with your closest time server
# ntpdate 198.82.162.213
Installing Perl modules through
apt-get
• # apt-get install libdbi-perl
• # apt-get install libdbd-mysql-perl
• # apt-get install libdate-manip-perl
• # apt-get install libhtml-template-perl
• # apt-get install libmail-sendmail-perl
NB: Some of these perl modules have
other dependencies which must be
installed first, ensure you “follow” install
for those dependencies
Configuring Perl’s CPAN utility
• The first time you use Perl’s CPAN utility it will
configure itself.
# perl -MCPAN -e ‘install “Event”‘
• You should get the following message:
/usr/share/perl/5.6.1/CPAN/Config.pm initialized.
NB: 1. Accept Manual configuration
2. Policy on building prerequisites (follow, ask or
ignore)? [ask]
3. Please enter your CPAN site: []
You can enter the following sites thusly:
Please enter your CPAN site: []
ftp://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/
Enter another URL or RETURN to quit: []
ftp://cpan.cse.msu.edu/
Enter another URL or RETURN to quit: []
ftp://cpan.pair.com/
• As long as everything went smoothly
with the CPAN installation, Perl should
finish the install and return you to the
command prompt.
• We’re almost ready to install the
remaining Perl modules but one of them,
namely Net::Z3950, has a non-Perl
dependency that we need to install first
called Yaz.
The Yaz Toolkit
• Ensure the version of Debian you are using
can access the feed for latest YAZ tarball
from index data by first editing the
/etc/apt/sources.list file using the vim editor,
or nano
# vim /etc/apt/sources.list
• Add the following lines to the top of the file:
# for Yaz Toolkit
deb http://ftp.indexdata.dk/debian indexdata/sarge released
deb-src http://ftp.indexdata.dk/debian indexdata/sarge
released
• Now save the file and run
# apt-get update
YAZ TOOLKIT Installation
• If you get an error message try running
apt-get update again. If you keep
getting errors check the spelling of the
lines you just added in the sources.list
file.
• Now run the following commands to
install the Yaz toolkit:
# apt-get install libyaz-dev
# apt-get install yaz-doc
Installing the MARC::Record
Modules
# apt-get install libdbi-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libdate-manip-
perl \
libhtml-template-perl libmail-sendmail-perl libmarc-record-
perl \
libxml-sax-perl libclass-accessor-perl libdate-calc-perl
libxml-simple-perl
Use CPAN to install the other Perl
dependencies (follow is recommended):
# perl -MCPAN -e shell
cpan> install Event MARC::Charset MARC::Lint Digest::MD5
MARC::File::XML LWP::Simple ZOOM PDF::API2
GD::Barcode Data::Random PDF::Reuse::Barcode
cpan> get Net::Z3950
cpan> exit
Remember you might have to force install some modules
here!
ALMOST DONE…
• At this point the most difficult part in installing
Koha is almost done. Some modules may have
to be installed later after running the Makefile
for Koha that checks whether all the
dependencies are installed. But for now we can
proceed and get KOHA.
• $ wget http://download.koha.org/koha-3.00.00-
beta.tar.gz
• ( Note: use the latest stable version)
tar -zxvf koha-3.00.00.tar.gz
Run the Koha installer: $ perl Makefile.PL
( answer questions ) $ make
$ make test
$ sudo make install
NB: Please see the INSTALL.debian file in your download of
Koha. # cd koha-3.00.00/INSTALL.debian
FINISHING KOHA INSTALLATION
• Follow the Installation instructions carefully,
especially on the database name – wrong
password for the database will terminate the
installation!
• Ensure Apache and MySQL are running at the
time of installation.
• All commands can be performed as a system
user with sudo privileges
Configure and start Apache
$ sudo ln -s /etc/koha/koha-httpd.conf
/etc/apache2/sites-available/koha
(note that the path to koha-httpd.conf may
be different depending on your
installation choices)
Add the following lines to
/etc/apache2/ports.conf:
Listen 80
Listen 8080
Change Read/Write Permissions for
Koha
• Run the following commands:
$ sudo a2enmod rewrite
$ sudo a2ensite koha
$ sudo apache2ctl restart
Post-Installation Configurations
• Note: you may still see the usual Apache
default site if your VirtualHost
configuration isn’t correct. The
command “sudo a2dissite default” may
be a quick fix, but may have side-effects.
See the Apache HTTPD manual section
on virtual hosts for full instructions.
• seehttp://git.koha.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=blob;f=INSTALL.debian;h=29808f4352f05
• or visit the official Apache website for more
Information
Starting Zebra
• Option 1: run the Zebra processes from the command
line:
Zebra Server: $ sudo -u ${KOHA_USER} zebrasrv -f
/etc/koha/koha-conf.xml
• (note that the path to koha-conf.xml may be different
depending on your installation choices)
• Note: the user you run Zebra as will be the only user
with write permission on the Zebra index; in
development mode, you may wish to use your
system user. Zebraqueue Daemon:
$ sudo
${KOHA_USER}misc/bin/zebraqueue_daemon.pl
• Note: if you are running in this mode, you may wish
to defer starting the zebraqueue until you’ve run the
Starting Zebra: Option 2
• Run the Zebra processes as daemons, and add to startup
process: Note that references to $SCRIPT_DIR refer to the
directory where Koha’s command-line scripts are installed,
e.g., /usr/share/koha/bin.
• Zebra Server: $ sudo ln -s ${SCRIPT_DIR}/koha-zebra-ctl.sh
/etc/init.d/koha-zebra-daemon (Note: ${SCRIPT_DIR} is
/usr/share/koha/bin/ by default in a standard install)
• $ sudo update-rc.d koha-zebra-daemon defaults ( Note: see
man chkconfig(8) on other distros )
• $ sudo ${SCRIPT_DIR}/koha-zebra-ctl.sh start
Zebraqueue Daemon: $ sudo ln -s ${SCRIPT_DIR}/koha-
zebraqueue-ctl.sh /etc/init.d/koha-zebraqueue-daemon
• $ sudo update-rc.d koha-zebraqueue-daemon defaults
• ( Note: see man chkconfig(8) on other distros )
• $ sudo ${SCRIPT_DIR}/koha-zebraqueue-ctl.sh start
Run the Web Installer
• Run the Web Installer, populate the database,
initial configuration of settings
• Point your browser tohttp://<servername&gt;:8080/
• It should redirect you to the Web Installer where
you can continue the setup.
• You can install the sample data for libraries,
patrons, etc. via the Web Installer
wHAT Next?
• Once the installer has completed, you can import and
index MARC records from the command line thusly
(Note: you can also use the ‘Stage MARC records for
import’ from the Tools area of Koha’s Staff Client to
import a batch of MARC records):
$ export KOHA_CONF=/usr/share/koha/etc/koha-conf.xml
• (note: use the correct path to your koha-conf.xml)
• Import: Bibliographic data in MARC21 format
$ misc/migration-tools/bulkmarcimport.pl -file
/path/to/marc.iso2709
• Authority data in MARC21 format
$ misc/migration-tools/bulkauthimport.pl -file
/path/to/auth.iso2709
Fast Index
• $ misc/migration-tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -w
• Once the indexing has completed, you will be
able to search for records in your system.
NOTE: if you don’t run the Fast Index utility,
and you have the index updates scheduled as
per 7.3 the indexing process will happen in
the background, but it will be orders of
magnitude slower.
Schedule Index Updates
• Schedule regular index updates run
rebuild_zebra.pl -b -a -z as a regular cron job,
check misc/cronjobs/crontab.example for usage
examples
• To enable public Z39.50/SRU servers, you’ll need
to edit your koha-conf.xml and change the
<listen> options to listen on a TCP port; then
restart the zebra daemon.
IMPORTANT!
• If you are upgrading from a previous
installation of Koha 3, you can check how
to upgrade at http://www.koha.org
alternatively see information at
• http://git.koha.org/cgi-
bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=blob;f=INSTAL
L.debian;h=29808f4352f05d6e93e1e639
d43949885ceff0e1;hb=HEAD
WARNINGS
• Use Perl 5.8 (a library Koha depends
on,MARC::File::XML may not work with Perl 5.10,
see:http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230
),
• Your locale should be set to UTF-8, as should
Apache2 and MySQL 5. This step is VERY IMPORTANT
for a UNICODE compliant system. Please read over
the following document carefully:http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=encodingscratchpad
IMPORTANT: You _MUST_ follow all the steps outlined
there for Apache2, MySQL 5, etc. BEFORE you install
Koha.
WARNINGS CTD.
• Set up apt sources for Git, Yaz and Zebra
packages Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file and
add the following:
• # Index Data
deb http://ftp.indexdata.dk/debian etch main
deb-src http://ftp.indexdata.dk/debian etch main
# Backports
deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-
backports main contrib non-free
Backports packages are signed with a key you can
install as follows:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install debian-backports-keyring
…REMEMBER
• The Index Data packages are signed with a key
you can install as follows:
$ wgethttp://ftp.indexdata.dk/debian/indexdata.asc
$ sudo apt-key add indexdata.asc
Run the following command to update your
system:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get -t etch-backports install git-core git-
email
$ sudo apt-get install yaz idzebra-2.0 idzebra-2.0-
doc
TROUBLE-SHOOTING
• libgd Is not installed in barebones
debian, this might create a dependency
problem. Solution: sudo apt-get install libgd2-
xpm-dev
• cpan Perl package install might work
smoothly, but could be problems with
installing some packages. SOLN: sudo cpan
Email::Date GD HTML::Scrubber SMS::Send
Text::CSV_XS Text::CSV Text::Iconv
• If you dont install libgb2, GD wont install
TROUBLE-SHOOTING
* the instructions did not mention when to
create the user ‘koha’:
sudo adduser koha
* we opt for having two domains (one for
OPAC and one for admin) instead of
using ports 80 and 8080. It was trivial to
affect this change in the koha-httpd.conf
file.
Tips
• Download Koha via Git (optional)
$ git clone git://git.koha.org/pub/scm/koha.git
kohaclone
$ cd kohaclone
$ git checkout -b myinstall origin
• Note: for more information about Git,
please see the Koha Git Usage Guide:http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:git_usage
…Tips
• Test your SAX Parser and correct where necessary
You must be sure you’re using the XML::LibXML SAX
parser, not Expat or PurePerl, both of which have
outstanding bugs with pre-composed characters. You
can test your SAX parser by running:
• $ cd koha
• $ misc/sax_parser_print.pl
• You should see something like::
XML::LibXML::SAX::Parser=HASH(0x81fe220)
• If you’re using PurePerl or Expat, you’ll need to edit
your ini file, typically located at:
/etc/perl/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini
…Tips
• Install DBD::mysql Perl module In order to handle
UTF-8 correctly, Koha requires at least version
4.004 of the DBD::mysql Perl module. However,
Debian Etch has a stable package only for
version 3.0008, so it is necessary to install the
module from CPAN. DBD::mysql’s test suite
needs to use a MySQL ‘test’ DB which doesn’t
exist anymore. So there are two options to install
DBD::mysql:
• (1) install without test suite,
• (2) install with test suite requiring a test MySQL
DB creation.
…Tips
• Install without test suite
Force install DBD::mysql:
$ sudo cpan
cpan> force install DBD::mysql
Instructions for installing using a test suite
can be found at http://git.koha.org/cgi-
bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=blob;f=INSTALL.debian
;h=29808f4352f05d6e93e1e639d43949885c eff0
e1;hb=HEAD
Security and Backup
MySQL Administrator is a visual
administration tool for MySQL
database servers. To download and
Install go tohttp://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html
MySQL admin can be used from any
computer on the network to backup
the Koha database, and can be
included on Crontab to schedule
backups and for on-line automatic
backups. There versions for windows
and Linux available for downloading
free.
Security and Backup
• Open Source software, available free
of charge
• Easy to use graphical interface,
Suitable for use on desktops, servers
and gateways
• Enables Internet connection sharing
& Allows you to define both inbound
and outbound access policy
• Option to whitelist or blacklist traffic
• Sets up DHCP for a local network Real
time firewall events view
• View active network connections,
including any traffic routed through
the firewall
• Advanced Linux kernel tuning
features
Security and Backup
HOW TO INSTALL FIRE STARTER
• Ubuntu
Firestarter is available in the Ubuntu universe
repository.
To install, open the Applications menu and choose
Add/Remove.Select Show: All available
applications and search for Firestarter.
• Debian
Available through apt-get out of the box.
• Gentoo
Available through portage.
For more information go tohttp://www.fs-security.com/download.php
CONCLUSION
• Installing Koha might be a difficult affair
for newbies. Three things are required to
successfully complete this assignment:
1. Patience
2. Patience
3. Patience
&
Questions
nswer
As
Links & Other Resources
• KOHA documentationhttp://www.kohadocs.org/
• Version control using Githttp://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:git_us
• Debian Installationhttp://git.koha.org/cgi-
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The whole process to install koha seems to take a large amount of time…say a full day of work. Have you ever heard of someone making an image of an installed koha system? seems like that would make some sense. I’m going at this install for the sixth time…I hope I can get it right this time. your instructions have been educational and should prove valuable to me. thanks for posting this.

First anything else, thank you very much by this contribution to the newbies community, we appreciate a lot your effort.

Only one question please, I downloaded a virtual machine of KOHA 3.01 running in a Debian machine and after I followed the configure process via web, but in the end appear the message “configure your Zebra”, so I’m trying to do that but I could not found any documentation available except yours. And for me is a little confuse to understand what is exactly I need to do after configure koha via web to let Zebra run adequately. You are indicating to do a fast indexing process, exist any another thing that I need to consider?

I dont quite seem to understand your question properly, but to try and answer, is that you need to configure your Zebra on the administration- system-preferences side after installation. Especially the Z3950 Servers. If you have a problem in the Zebra installtion itself, then paste the error message here and we can try help out.

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